Dustin2100

I got married about 3yrs ago, after I was accepted for ssdi, and I have not filed for dependents yet. After reading your post, my wife called the SS office and made an appointment. They scheduled it for May 6th... I got married in July 2012 and had my first kid in July 2013. Should I expect a backpay check? I think they call it auxiliary benefits. I am getting $900 a month with $100 going towards Medicare. Should I cancel medicare?

I am only getting $900 from SSDI and they take $100 for medicare. Medicare has a $200 deductible. I am sorry if I came across as being sour. I appreciate the help! My new pic is from St. patricks day 2005, I just got off the bus from OIF2.

I really appreciate the help everybody! Really, I did not expect this forum to be so active. I expected to wait a few days until I got a decent reply. I guess that I feel like I didnt accomplish enough of my life goals. I really wanted to be a business owner. Being unemployable is not exactly a life goal!!! I have been walking around in a daze for the last couple of days, like I have been neutered or something. Am I supposed to just accept the fact that I will never have a real career? 7yrs in the army is my life long work history. I dont mean to get bitter on anybody. I am too young to just "retire". If Vocational Rehab will not help me get employed, I will need insurance for my wife and kid(s). We are expecting again in August! I am at the point in my life where I feel the need to work my ass off to provide for my family, and I have just hit walls. I have been considering farming or "homesteading" is the word I have been seeing lately. I have 2 1/2 acres right now and I am looking at tractors. I have a mechanic background and I can probably fix one for cheap. During Christmas break, I rebuilt a ford inline 6 cyl and put it in a fuel injected truck. I work on Mustangs as a hobby, but I dont think that I could do mechanics as a living. I am just saying that mechanic skills will come in handy on a small farm. If I am not employable by federal standards, then I want full benefits. I need insurance and I want my children to have the GI Bill. I am going to make sure that my children use the GI Bill. If they join the service, they are going to be officers and not a grunt like I was!

I really wanted to work or at least have something to do. I have been unemployed for 10yrs and I have been trying to do something about it. I just didnt settle right that they told me that I was not able to work... It was Tuesday that I went to Voc Rehab and the counselor told me that her decision will have to go in front of a board and they will mail me a letter. It sounds like a waiting game for sure. I filed for a increase for PTSD in February, would it be too late to use it as evidence? I am a home owner and the tax exempt status would really help, would I be eligible for it? I am not really sure What an IMO is? If it is a doctor, there is a clinic here in OKC that I have been referred to by other veterans. It is the Ellis Clinic. Thanks for all of the replies, this is definitely an active forum! http://www.ellisclinic.com/

I have been going to Vocation Rehab and they were working with me for a while. They were about to send me to college and they changed their mind and said that I was not employable. I did not even have a chance to do anything wrong? I could understand it if I had failed classes, but it caught me off guard. I went in the office talking about college and working at the post office!!! I am 70% PTSD and I am receiving SSDI. I just got notice that I am unemployable, I really dont know what to expect now?! I didnt ask for my situation, I really wanted/expected to work. I put in a claim to increase my PTSD rating. I am short on words and dont know if I am explaining myself well enough? Thanks for looking at my post!